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good reading may 2012
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Self-improvement
–
for you and your four-legged friends
Find out fascinating facts about travelling by aircraft, get
your dog to perform tricks that will make him the canine star
of the neighbourhood, and learn more about yourself just by
responding to a fascinating array of questions.
animal lovers
might find Dr
Katrina Warren’s
face familiar. She
regularly appears on
TV as the resident
vet on Channel
Nine and was the
host on Animal
Planet’s Housecat Housecall. Now she has
teamed up with dog trainer Kelly Gill to
produce a book for those of us who want
to have our dog not only sit on command,
but also roll over, play dead, or even spell.
Wonderdogs: Tricks and training
(HarperCollins, $24.99 ) features 20 tricks
you can teach your dog. They’re simple,
straightforward and fun.
A quirky title that will
appeal to the inquisitive
mind or even be helpful
for a fearful flyer is
Inflight Science: A
guide to the world
from your airplane
window by Brian Clegg
(Icon, $19.99). This
book looks at the things you might see and
experience during a flight, from take-off
to landing. After reading it you’ll understand
how the wings of a plane work through
to what happens to your blood pressure
while flying.
This month sees the
release of The Little
Book of Anxiety:
Confessions from
a worried life by
Kerri Sackville (Ebury,
$29.95). Kerri relates her
experiences with anxiety,
from her childhood to
becoming a mother. Most people suffer
from anxiety to some extent at some time
in their lives. You might find that you can
relate to Kerri’s experiences, and you’ll see
how stories about other people in similar
situations can help those of us who are
occasionally anxious to realise that we’re
not alone.
With Mothers’ Day this
month there are a range
of books out to tempt
you as gifts. Don’t
Sweat the Small Stuff
for Mums by Kristine
Carlson (Bantam,
$19.95 ) is one such book. Although the
American spelling might grate, it has some
positive thoughts and ideas for busy mums
on how to de-stress.
Candida Baker has
released her latest book,
The Wisdom of
Women: Intimate
stories of love, loss
and laughter (Allen &
Unwin $29.99). This
collection of stories by
Candida and other writers features true
tales of love, mothers, menopause, loss,
abuse, friendship and more. It’s a thoughtful
collection and would make a lovely gift.
Those with
creative and
nimble fingers
might like The
Little Book
of Knitting
Wisdoms
(Bantam $12.95 ).
This small book
is full of quotes
such as ‘Once I
kissed the wrong man, holding needles in
my lap. They stabbed his leg like a dowsing
rod gone wrong. Trust your knitting.’
An unusual book released earlier this year
is The Question Book: What makes
you tick? by Mikael Krogerus and Roman
Tschäppeler (Profile, $22.99). It’s just what
the title says: lots of questions, in fact 616
of them. The idea is for you to write your
answers, so when it’s finished it will be a
snapshot of what you think and how you
feel. The questions cover everything from
the rituals and routines that you follow
through to who you would share a flat
with. You are even asked to rate yourself on
how brave you think you are. There are no
right or wrong answers, just honest ones. It
could be a book to fill in and put away for
10 or 20 years. You might find a fascinating
insight to your younger self when you read
it again several decades later.
Mothers and Daughters: How to
stay close and stay sane by Joan Sauers
(Bantam $14.95) is another book of quotes.
Every
left page
contains a
quote or
snippet of
advice for
mothers,
such as:
‘Reply to questions honestly, no matter how
bizarre. Death, disease and nipple-piercing
are fascinating subjects to little girls, so get
your answers ready.’ Each right-hand page
features a quote on a similar subject, but for
daughters.
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